Diocese of Western Louisiana Youth Ministries

Diocesan Youth Events Information!
Below are applications to
be used to attend retreats sponsored by the Diocese of Western Louisiana.

There are applications for both candidate and staff.

The youth are required to have separate appliations for each event that they attend.
Applications are due two weeks prior to the event.

Questions?
Please contact Debbie Slater
(cell) 318-469-6643
(office) 318-221-3360

For more information on
the Hardtner Camp
& Conference Center,
e-mail us at
office@camphardtner.org
or call 318-765-3794,
Monday through Friday,
8:00 am - 4:00 pm.

E-mails :
Camp Office
Camp Director

Hardtner Camp
& Conference Center
2393 Camp Hardtner Road
Pollock, Louisiana 71467
Telephone: 318-765-3794
FAX: 318-765-0603

If you are in our area,
we'd love for you to drop by
for a personal tour
of Camp Hardtner.

Diocesan Youth Programs

The Diocese of Western Louisiana offers weekend and spiritual development opportunities for youth at Camp Hardtner throughout the year. These programs are geared toward specific age groups covering youth in middle school through high school aged youth. The Diocesan Youth Commission oversees the development and presentation of these programs.

Look at what's coming up:

Mission Palooza 2010

For more information contact Debbie Slater

For more information: http://diocesewla.org/youthmin.htm

JEYL is a retreat weekend held at the Hardtner Camp & Conference Center for middle school students (6th - 9th).

Our next JEYL Retreat Weekend is scheduled for November 19-21, 2010. It is attended by students from all sections of the diocese. As a retreat weekend, there is ample "serious" content, but because it is a middle school student event, there are also many "fun" moments.

The staff is composed of high school and college-age students from throughout the diocese.

Happening #48
January 2011
(9th - 12th grade)
Happening is a Christian experience designed for high school youths that is held in virtually every diocese in the Episcopal Church.

Happening is one of the instruments available to renew the church in the power of the Holy Spirit, so that the church may respond more readily to the Lord’s call to spread the kingdom of God throughout the world.

Happening weekend seeks to bring young persons to a fuller personal knowledge of, and a personal relationship with, the Lord Jesus Christ and to a deeper level of commitment and apostleship.

During the three-day gathering, the participants experience the love of our Lord Jesus Christ as shown through the sacraments and the ministry of fellow students, clergy and lay adults. The teens are encouraged to take a new faith back into their worlds, and to make a friend, be a friend, and bring a friend to Christ.

To attend the weekend, students must submit an application that is signed by a parent and the student’s rector. The Youth Event application can be downloaded from the link in the right panel.

The 6th Annual Bishop's Ball: Saturday, February 13, 2010

Happy Valentines

The 6th Annual Bishop's Ball took place at St. Timothy's in Alexandria on Saturday, February 13th, 2010. The Bishop's Ball is sponsored by the Commission on Youth & Young Adult Ministry. For more information contact Debbie Slater.

The Bishop's Ball is a yearly event
for all high school and college age youth in the Diocese of Western Louisiana.

Son Rise 2011
February
Son Rise is weekend retreat for 6th through 8th grade youth focusing on the last steps that Christ took to the cross. Son Rise is staffed by adults and trained, high school-aged youth. For more information contact Debbie Slater.

C.L.E.Y.
Grades 9th - 12th
April 2011

CLEY is a high school retreat weekend staged by the Diocesan Youth Commission and staffed by high school and college-age youths and adults. Each CLEY has a design team from a different diocesan convocation which is responsible for the content and character of the weekend. Each weekend is a blend of worship, instruction, music, and fun that teaches the tenets of the faith.